Toy-railway-train stop



H. C. IVES.

TOY RAILWAY TRAIN STOP. I APPLICATION F||-.ED Nov 18.1919. RENEWED APR. 20, 1921. 1,379,988.

. Patent'Qd May 31,1921.

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To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, HARRY C. hrs, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy-Railway-Train Stops, of which the following is a specification.

.This invention refers to toy railway train stops and is adapted to be employed in 'connection with the commercial Sectional forms of metal toy railway tracks, and upon which mechanical trains are operated.

The invention further relates to and is an improvement upon that form of stop shown in prior Patent 874,009, and the purpose of theinvention isto provide a simpleand inexpensive form of device which can be readily attached or disconnected from the track, thus providing a convenient means for automatically stopping thetrains at any location in the line'and without the necessity-of having thestop form a fixed or integral part of the track, and finally so that several of these stops canv be included in a railway system outfit with comparatively small additional cost. V f

As will be noted from the accompanying drawings the device is formed of but two members, one a sheet metal supporting member and the other a wire operatab-le member, each of which can be struck up and produced quickly and inexpensivelyby automatic machinery.

With these and other objects in view the invention resides and consists in the con struction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood-that various changes in the form, proportions, size and minor details of construction within the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departure from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Similar characters of reference denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,

and upon whicha Figure 1 shows a top plan view of a sec- TOY-RAILWAY-TRAIN STOP;

Specification of LettersPatejnt. .Patentedlmy 1921 Application filed November 18,1919, Serial No. 338,841. Renewed April 20, 1921.

tlQIl. of a popular form or sheetmetal-toy railway'track, and to which my train stop s adapted to be detachably connected. I

.Flg. 2 isa cross. sectionof the taken on line 22 of Fig. 1, and showing my attached train stop in a raised position:

Fig. 3 is a side view of thetrain' stop de Serial No. 462,994.

track,

tached from the'track and in lowered position, and

a 1 I I 1 1g. 4 shows a perspective view of the train stop, the operating memberbeing,

shown in a raised position, corresponding. to that'shown in Fig. 2; Y

Referring in detail reference marked upon the drawings, 5 represents the sheet metal r'ails of thetrack section shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and Gindicates. the sleepers to which the rails are secured. In practice there may be two or more of these sleepers, according to the length. ofthe section, and-the sections may 7 be" straight as shown in the drawingsor curved i to the characters of ii M detachable trainj stop, whichisshown injperspectivfe'in Fig. 4,-inc1udesa sheet metal base member 7 whose fiat bottomedge portion j is arranged [crosswise under ,the

edge portion of the sleep'ers of the track section. The opposite end portions of the base are bent up and disposed outwardly as at 88 to form supports and shoulders 9 to engage the bottom andouter edge portion of the base of the rails and whereby the stop,

track: and in alinement with the; bottom is detachably connected thereto. This sheet metal member is made of stock which is light enough to permit of a slight give or yieldthat allows the overhanging shoulder portions of the base to be sprung over the edges of the rail as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,

and in a manner to remain connected thereto until purposely detached. The outwardly disposed end portion 10 of the base is provided with rounded corners 11 and a shown to form the finger piece 17 by means trigger carried by the locomotive,

of which the said operating member is raised to the elevated position shown in Fig. 1, so that the straight portion 18 of the handle will snap into the pocket 12, thus retaining the loop 14: in an upright position to form an obstruction against which the not shown, strikes to set its brakes and stop the train. The spring 20 that acts against the operating member at 19 serves to yieldably hold the before mentioned s raight portion of the handle in its notch, and the loop in its upright position. The operating mem ber becomes perfectly loose and free when said handle is disengaged and both the handles and loop lie flat upon the roadbed as shown in Fig. 3 when the operator wishes the train to pass undisturbed.

Having thus described my invention what I'claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A toy railway train stop, comprising a base member adapted to removably grip the rails of a track section, and an operatable member pivotally mounted in the base member and including an extended portion that may be projected up in the path of travel of a train to stop the same, said operatable member further including a handle portion adapted to engage said base member to hold said extended portion in operative position.

2. A toy railway train stop, comprising a base member adapted to removably grip the rails of a track section, an operatable member pivotally mounted in the base member and including an extended portion that may 'beprojected. up in the path of travel of a train to stop the same, said operatable member further including a handle portion adapted to engage said base member to hold said extended portion in operative position,

and means for holding said handle portion against said base member.

3. A toy railway train stop, comprising a base member adapted to be clamped around the rails of a train section, an operatable member adapted to be pivotally secured to said base member and including an extended portion that may be projected up in the path of travel of a train to stop the same,

and means associated with said base member operatable member whereby said operatable member may be locked in operative position to stop a train, or may be moved to inoperative position to allow a. train to pass.

l. A. toy railway train stop, comprising a. base member adapted to be clamped around the rails of a train section, an operatable member adapted to be pivotally secured to said base member and including an extended portion that may be projected up in the path of travel of a train to stop the same, and means associated with said base member and operatable member whereby said operatable member may be locked in operative position to stop a train, or may be moved to inoperative position to allow a train to pass, said associated means including a spring extending from said base member and engaging said operatable member to cause a handle portion on said operatable member'to be drawn into a pocket in said base member.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of 'Fairfield and State of Connecticut this 31st day of October, A. D., 1919.

HARRY O. IVES.

Witnesses C. M. NEWMAN, LILLIAN M. ALLING. 

